Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ipswich Town 2nd with 98 points, Shrewsbury Town 12th with 59, 39 apart. Shrewsbury Town had been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 12th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Ipswich Town 2.2 scored and 0.76 conceded per game, Shrewsbury Town 1.13 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.28.
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Ipswich Town. Over the last five, Ipswich Town had taken 15 of 15 points to Shrewsbury Town's 7.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 4 Ipswich Town wins, 0 for Shrewsbury Town, 3 draws, at 2.86 goals per meeting. 71% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
With 100 matches recorded and 2.6 yellow cards per game, O. Yates was the man in the middle. The venue was Portman Road Stadium in Ipswich, with room for 30,311 spectators. On the scoreboard, Ipswich Town led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.